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This provides information to understand the purpose, the key risks to the achievement of our objectives and how we have performed during the year.

Video transcript for the Head of Service introductory video featuring Angela Leitch, Chief Executive of Public Health Scotland

PHS Board papers for 24 November 2021.

Public Health Scotland (PHS) has developed two sets of mental health indicators, one set for adults and one for children and young people (CYP). These are designed to inform and guide action to improve population mental health in Scotland, at local and national level. They will support monitoring of Scottish Government's mental health transition and recovery plan, which aims to respond to the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This report looks at the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) on cross-border purchasing of alcohol. The report aims to find out if it is happening at a level that affects alcohol consumption, groups of people in Scotland, or retailers.

This report looks at the two main sources of off-trade alcohol retail sales data. The report assesses how estimates of population-level alcohol consumption may differ when these different sources are used .

This report looks at sources of under- and overestimation when using retail sales data to estimate how much alcohol is consumed at a population level.

The Children and Young People Mental Health Indicators will help to identify important information, at local and national level, about mental health outcomes and the determinants of these outcomes. The resources are Children and young people indicator set, including notes on data sources and Children and young people rationale document, explaining what is covered in the indicator set and why

The Adult Mental Health Indicators will help to identify important information, at local and national level, about mental health outcomes and the determinants of these outcomes. The resources are Adult Mental Health Indicator set, this includes notes on data sources, adult rationale document, explaining what is covered in the indicator set and why and a summary note of a discussion from a community workshop used to inform the adult indicator set

Video transcript for a social media video with Katie Potton, a midwife who works for NHS Fife. Katie talks about the benefits of a new Easy Read version of the Ready Steady Baby publication.